A minor earthquake with magnitude 3 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Soda Springs in Idaho on Sunday. Exact time and date of earthquake 08/10/17 / 2017-10-08 15:09:19 / October 8, 2017 @ 3:09 pm UTC/GMT. The temblor was picked up at 08:09:19 / 8:09 am (local time epicenter). The earthquake occurred at a depth of 5.91 km (4 miles) below the earth’s surface. Event id: us2000b2t5. Ids that are associated to the earthquake: uu60251727, us2000b2t5. Exact location of earthquake, -111.4469° West, 42.5911° North, depth 5.91 km.
Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 65 km (41 miles) from Preston (c. 5 200 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Preston (min 5000 pop).
Earthquakes 2.5 to 3.2 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Every year there are an estimated 130,000 minor earthquakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been four, in the last 10 days five, in the past 30 days seventy-six and in the last 365 days two hundred and seventeen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected in the same area.
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How did you respond? Did any furniture slide, topple over, or become displaced? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, city and country. The information in this article comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, detected near: 14 km ESE of Soda Springs, Idaho.
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